# Malmö
## English
### Etymology

From Swedish Malmö, from Middle Danish Malmoghe or Malmhauge (literally “Ore Hill”), a compound equivalent to present-day malm (“ore”) + høj (“hill”); both elements are of Old Norse, earlier Proto-Germanic, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈmɑːlmɜː/, /ˈmɑːlməʊ/, /ˈmalməʊ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈmɑlmʊ/, /ˈmɑlmoʊ/

### Proper noun

Malmö
* A city in Scania, Sweden; the third-largest city in the country, located on the south-west coast.
** 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 300:Perched almost on the southern tip of the Swedish peninsula, Malmö is a bland, gray-blue industrial town set amid a featureless, gray-blue landscape.

#### Translations
## Estonian
### Etymology

From Swedish Malmö, from Middle Danish Malmoghe, Malmhauge (malm + høj).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑlmø/, [ˈmɑlmø]
* Rhymes: -ɑlmø
* Hyphenation: Mal‧mö

### Proper noun

Malmö (genitive Malmö, partitive Malmöt)
* Malmö (a city in Scania, Sweden)
* A street in Pärnu

#### Declension
## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Malmö, from Middle Danish Malmoghe or Malmhauge (literally “Ore Hill”), a compound equivalent to present-day malm (“ore”) + høj (“hill”); both elements are of Old Norse, earlier Proto-Germanic, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmalmøː/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Malmö n (proper noun, genitive Malmös or (optionally with an article) Malmö)
* Malmö (a city in Sweden)

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Swedish Malmö, from Middle Danish Malmoghe, Malmhauge, from malm + høj, from Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic, form Proto-Indo-European.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmal.mɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -almɛ
* Syllabification: Mal‧mö

### Proper noun

Malmö n (indeclinable)
* Malmö (a city in Sweden)

### Further reading

* Malmö in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Malmö f
* Alternative spelling of Malmo

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Middle Danish Malmoghe or Malmhauge (literally “Gravelly/Sandy Hill”), a compound equivalent to present-day malm (“gravel, sand”) + høj (“hill”); both elements are of Old Norse, earlier Proto-Germanic, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin. The area originally referenced in the name has not been identified.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmalˌmøː/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -øː
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “I think it is pronounced with a short ö in some lects.”

### Proper noun

Malmö n (genitive Malmös)
* Malmö (a city in Sweden)

#### Derived terms

* malmöisk
* malmöit
* malmöitisk

### References

* ↑ 2016, Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore, Department of Nordic Languages at Uppsala University, Svenskt ortnamnslexikon‎, page 207:Stadens namn är en ursprunglig sammansättning med → hög i efterleden och dialektordet malm 'sand, grus; sandig eller grusig mark' i förleden. Det avsedda området kan idag inte utpekas.The city's name is an original compound with → hög in the second part and the dialect word malm, meaning 'sand, gravel; sandy or gravelly ground,' in the first part. The intended area cannot be identified today.